Battery Low Interactive Ltd

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Robi Axiata Limited is the second largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh. It is a joint venture between Axiata Group Berhad of Malaysia, Bharti Airtel Limited of India. Robi offers an array of different packages. In addition to offering the fundamental pre-paid and post-paid mobile services, it offers a wide range of value-added products and services such as, SMS, GPRS, EDGE, 3.5G HSPA+, 4.5G, LTE-A, Fixed Broadband, international roaming, Mobile Banking, SMS banking, Caller Ring Back Tone, MMS, Voice Greetings, Welcome Tunes etc. Robi has got the widest international roaming coverage among all the operators in Bangladesh. I'm working for Robi Axiata Limited as Specialist, Occupational Health and Safety.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Battery Low Interactive Ltd?

We hired Battery Low Interactive Ltd. to develop a VR platform for simulating a virtual fire fighting experience.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal is to give a feeling of real life fire fighting and effective training to the target employees of the organization

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

This vendor was selected through a comprehensive process, developed by Robi. Which involved RFQ invitation, Proposal submission, Clarification, Technical evaluation, Commercial evaluation,Negotiation and Selection.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The scope of work for VR fire safety training comprises of below: • Realistic 3D environment for Robi Floor (Area: Approx. 5000sft) • Firefight Simulation for 3 Scenario: o Fire Fighting in office environment o Evacuation during fire incident o Large scale firefighting in extreme case • Guided training module development as per Robi requirement • Gamification features for event-based activations and engagement where local leaderboard will be stored • Wired VR Set (Oculus Rift)+ CPU Full Package Machine • Wireless VR set of On-the-Go

What was the team composition?

1. Project Manager: The role of this member is to facilitate the project and ensure all deliverable end to end 2. 3D Modelling Team: The role of this team is to develop 3D environment of Robi sample floor 3. Developer team: This team is working to develop the VR platform

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The project is in progress

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Unlike others, they followed the agile project management method to run the project.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

This company is committed to their client.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, there are none.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

DailyCricket ( https://dailycricket.com.bd/en) is a sports-based news website, covering exclusively the game of cricket. The site features extensive and insightful editorial coverage; news, reports, articles, fixtures; and ball by ball live updates of all international and major domestic cricket competitions from around the world. Dailycricket is a fully owned entity of ONE DIGITAL, I am the Founder & CEO of both ONE DIGITAL and DailyCricket.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Battery Low Interactive Ltd?

We hired Battery Low Interactive Ltd for development of our dynamic online sports site, DailyCricket. They have designed and developed both the Android and iOS app of Dailycricket. They are currently providing the technical support and maintenance for the website.

What were your goals for this project?

Based in Dhaka Bangladesh, dailycricket.com.bd was founded in 2017 with a view to provide news to the cricket fans on real time as it happens, especially with a heavy focus on covering Bangladesh cricket. Our primary goal is to become one of the leading cricket news sites in the world and also be the voice of Bangladesh cricket.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We called for a RFP where few companies participated and eventually 3 were shortlisted. Subsequently, based on discussion and negotiation, BLI was selected.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

As I've mentioned before, Dailycricket features extensive and insightful editorial coverage; news, reports, articles, fixtures; and ball by ball live update of all international and major domestic cricket competitions from around the world. It is a sports site much like espn.com ( espncricinfo.com ) and have both Android and iOS app for the users.

What was the team composition?

We have had about 4 people, including myself, for the project from our side while they have had 6 people engaged in this project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

This is a brand new sports site, so we started from the scratch. The website recorded over 100,000 visitors in each of last couple of months, whereas our android app was downloaded over 10,000 times so far.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Their project management is very impressive and effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their commitment, willingness to learn and adapt, eagerness to take a new challenge, and most importantly, the ability to deliver.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Problem diagnosis and quick solution. But I'm sure they'll learn over the period of time and will become more experienced to identify and provide a diagnosis of a given problem.